General Mack surrenders his army at Ulm, 20 October 1805. Napoleonís strategic encirclement of the Austrians, in conjunction with the Battle of Austerlitz six weeks later, sealed the fate of Mack.

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At Ulm in October 1805, he surrendered the entire army to Napoleon. A few of his officers, including Prince von Schwarzenberg, broke through the French defenses in a massed cavalry charge and escaped, but most of the Austrian high command was captured with the 100,000 man army.

After the battle of Austerlitz, Mack was convicted of cowardice by a court-martial. He was deprived of his rank, his regiment, and his honors, and imprisoned for two years

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